Legal Opinion
Roach v. Roach
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 7, 1980No. 2038PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
On December 1, 1975, the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County entered a decree divorcing Lee B. Roach from Marlyn Joyce Roach. On March 5,1976, Marlyn Joyce Roach filed a petition to open the decree, which the lower court granted on June 23,1976. From that order Lee B. Roach appealed.
A petition to open a decree in divorce is equitable in nature and is governed by equitable principles. Nixon v. Nixon, 329 Pa. 256, 198 A. 154 (1938); Tanis v. Tanis, 206 Pa.Super. 213, 213 A.2d 102 (1965); Blair v. Blair, 195 Pa.Super. 406, 171 A.2d 854 (1961).
The complaint in the instant…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Nixon v. NixonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Teriberry v. TeriberrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Deussing v. DeussingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Blair v. BlairSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Tanis v. TanisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Division of Employment Security v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
- Antonicelli v. Antonicelli, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Cumberland County1985
- Strouse v. Strouse, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Carbon County1986
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